USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: Prime Minister Carney defends his economic record and avoids the word recession as Poilievre attacks; falling oil is now the real threat to the loonie ahead of the June 10 rate decision; Wall Street pulls back after Monday's record highs.

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday of avoiding accountability after recent data showed the Canadian economy contracted…

Prime Minister Mark Carney faced criticism on Monday for his leadership of Canada's economy after figures showed it entered into what economists call a technical recession.

Many economists have dismissed the recession label, arguing the recent slump doesn't have the depth or breadth to meet that bar.

Canadian economic data will be volatile as the government works on a broader transformation of the economy, Mark Carney said. Read here now

Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government is "fundamentally" transforming the economy as it responds to the U.S. trade war, and that the country's dip into a technical…

USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: Prime Minister Carney defends his economic record and avoids the word recession as Poilievre attacks; falling oil is now the real…

USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: US private hiring beat forecasts in May while services growth slowed; Prime Minister Carney reframed Canada's downturn as a…

Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan does not predict a prolonged economic decline, and instead revised projections of a weaker-than-expected but still-growing economy over…

USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Thursday: Broadcom's results disappointed and dragged technology shares lower, splitting the US market as the Dow rose and the Nasdaq fell;…